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The beginnings of the IWR go back to the activities of IWR- director Dr. Norbert Allnoch who has been engaged with renewable energy since 1982. The oil crisis in the early eighties and the search for new technologies for energy production triggered Allnoch’s interest.

Windfarm in USA - the cruicial experienceThe director had read about wind turbines of the MW-class located in the USA. On the occasion of a U.S. visit, Allnoch by chance passed by the wind farm in the U.S. State of Washington. The location with three MOD-2 wind turbines was situated near Goodnoe Hills at the Columbia River. The wind turbines had been built by Boeing and a visit to the aircraft manufacturer in Seattle proved to be a crucial experience for Allnoch with respect to future activities in the field of renewable technology.

The fascination to develop renewable plants, to produce them industrially and to be able to extend this technology to an economic factor like with the automobile industry has been Allnoch’s basic guideline ever since. The foundation of the IWR, institute for renewable energy in 1996 stresses this guideline notably.

IWR milestones and contributions to the development of the renewable energy industry

2014

RENIXX World stock index, after Reuters, also available on Bloomberg terminals in all financial centres world-wide

2014

Design and development of a quantitative efficiency index to measure energy-efficiency progress in countries, states and regions

2014

Development of a SLAM® concept for the energy-efficiency industry in NRW. Based on the situational analysis and objectives, quantitative and qualitative measures were derived for attainment of goals for the four core areas of efficiency use, business, research and education.

2014

Japanese ministerial delegations from Tokyo learn from the IWR about the development and structure of a renewable energy industry.

2013

The new SLAM® - Standard Location Asset Model - from the IWR is an analytical and control tool for industries in regions. Standardised procedures and tools for holistic analysis, evaluation and control of assets or core areas of expertise among sectors in particular locations, regions and industries. Incentive for environmental and climate protection and business promotion: based on a 4-plank concept, the SLAM mix displays the measures and strategies needed to strengthen a particular location. Further background and publications: Allnoch, N (2014) : SLAM concept – an analytical and control tool for industries, in: Monthly Report of the Renewable Energy Industry (ISSN 1867-3279) 02/2014, S. 5 - 6. (German)NRW study "The status of the Renewable Energy Industry in NRW, p. 3

2012

Award to Dr. Norbert Allnoch of the Reineccius medal for lateral thinkers and pioneers. The award was given in recognition of his many decades of work on "improvements in our globalised world" and his commitment to a "holistic, economically viable and ecological energy supply of the future."

2012

World record: HP output in Germany over 20,000 MW for the first time – IWR report: very high international media response on all five continents (Medienspiegel).

2011

IWR development of master-plan concept for the renewable energy industry on the IWR definition with the four guiding parameters, using the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as an example.

Definition of renewable energy industry – further development of holistic system approach from 1995 to include research and development: renewable-energy industry as interdisciplinary approach and target-system mix, consisting of four guiding parameters: "energy and environment", "business", "research" and "education."

2010

Following an invitation by President Calderon of Mexico, presentation of the CERINA Plan investment model in the run-up to the UN Climate Conference in Cancun, Mexico.

2009

Development of the CERINA Plan (CO2 Emissions and Renewable Investment Action Plan) as an investment-based alternative to the Kyoto Protocol with its limitation approach.

2009

Climate: global CO2 emissions, first country-based comparison 1990 versus 2008 and new IWR investment approach in run-up to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen: very high international media response to IWR report (examples: Reuters with Table editions in USA, India, Japan, etc., further countries of Brazil,Brasil2, Italy, Spain, El Salvador, Romania, and many more.

RENIXX-World stock indexDesign and realisation of RENIXX World, the world's first renewable-energy stock index (Renewable Energy Industrial Index), which tracks the performance of the world's 30 leading listed companies in the pioneering field of the renewable-energy industry.

2004

Development of the IWR Business Climate Index for the Renewable Energy Industry – current business situation and expectations of industrial and service companies.

2003

First sector-based study on "The state of the renewable-energy industry" for a German state (NRW) in the fields of "energy and climate change" and "industrial policy." More… (German)

2000

World's first published scenario on development of renewable energies up to 2010. More… (German)